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Fendis and facelifts, Missonis and moisturisers, wedding sangeets and Louis Vuittons. Austenistan, an inventive book of short stories inspired by Jane Austen, edited by Laaleen Sukhera, with seven short stories, and set in Pakistan, is a delightful read. From ...India Today, 3 weeks ago

In Britain, a new plastic 10 pound note featuring renowned author Jane Austen has gone into circulation.Austen is the first female writer to feature on a British banknote, replacing a paper 10 pound note which featured a portrait of naturalist Charles Darwin.

Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of “The Remains of the Day”, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for a run of “exquisite” novels that the award body said mixed Franz Kafka with Jane Austen. The 62-year-old writer called ...

'Important turning points in a writer's career... Often, they are small, scruffy moments.''They are quiet, private sparks of revelation. They don't come often, and when they do, they may well come without fanfare...''They must often compete for attention with louder, seemingly more urgent demands.''Sometimes what they reveal may go against the grain of prevailing wisdom.''But when they come, it's important to be able to recognise them for what they are. Or they'll slip through your ...

Desperate heritage rescue Shock, anger and a collective sigh of extreme despair greeted the dramatic demolition of the 157-year-old Krumbiegel Hall in Lalbagh last week. It has been a rude wake-up call for all those who value Bengalurus surviving structures ...

'Did the Nobel committee, reviled for awarding Mr Dylan, play a little inside joke this time around, by awarding another lyricist who was once an aspiring musician?' asks Uttaran Das Gupta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature for Kazuo Ishiguro was greeted unanimously with acknowledgement of the English novelist's achievements, which includes the Booker winning The Remains of the Day (1987). This was markedly different from last year when ...